Whether household wares or store-bought novelty items such as key-chains, mugs, and ashtrays, much …

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Whether household wares or store-bought novelty items such as key-chains, mugs, and ashtrays, much of Barbara Astman’s work involves the use of objects, which she imbues with memories and histories in an attempt to “dematerialize” her materials and make personal the impersonal. In installations such as Clementine Suite